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Solid State: Objective Type Questions Multiple Choice Questions

1. The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about solid state physics and properties of solids. It tests knowledge of crystal structures, unit cells, packing efficiency, defects in solids, and magnetic and electrical properties. 2. The questions cover topics such as crystal systems, unit cell contents and arrangements, calculating density from structural parameters, point defects in ionic crystals, and distinguishing properties of different types of solids. 3. The answers provided are in a list at the end, with the correct response given for each multiple choice question.

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Solid State: Objective Type Questions Multiple Choice Questions

1. The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about solid state physics and properties of solids. It tests knowledge of crystal structures, unit cells, packing efficiency, defects in solids, and magnetic and electrical properties. 2. The questions cover topics such as crystal systems, unit cell contents and arrangements, calculating density from structural parameters, point defects in ionic crystals, and distinguishing properties of different types of solids. 3. The answers provided are in a list at the end, with the correct response given for each multiple choice question.

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SOLID STATE

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:-

1. A pure crystalline substance, on being heated gradually, first forms a turbid looking liquid
and then the turbidity completely disappears. This behaviour is the characteristic of
substances forming
(a) Isomeric crystals (b) Liquid crystals (c) Isomorphous crystals (d)Allotropic
crystals

2. Diamond is an example of
(a) Solid with hydrogen bonding
(b) Electrovalent solid
(c) Covalent solid
(d) Glass

3. The ratio of Fe3+ and Fe2+ ions in Fe 0.9 S 1.0 is


(a) 0.28 (b) 0.5
(c) 2 (d) 4

4. A crystalline solid have


(a) Long range order (b) Short range order (c) Disordered arrangement (d) None of
these

5. Which type of solid crystals will conduct heat and electricity


(a) Ionic (b) Covalent (c) Metallic (d) Molecular

6. Which of the following statements about amorphous solids is incorrect


(a) They melt over a range of temperature
(b) They are anisotropic
(c) There is no orderly arrangement of particles
(d) They are rigid and incompressible

7. Crystals can be classified into ........ basic crystal habits


(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 4

8. The arrangement ABC ABC ABC ....... is referred as


(a) Octahedral close packing
(b) Hexagonal close packing
(c) Tetragonal close packing
(d) Cubic close packing
9. A solid is made of two elements X and Z . The atoms Z are in CCP arrangement while
the atom X occupy all the tetrahedral sites. What is the formula of the compound
(a) XZ (b) XZ2
(c) X2 Z (d) X2 Z3
10. An ionic compound has a unit cell consisting of A ions at the corners of a cube and B ions on
the centres of the faces of the cube. The empirical formula for this compound would be
(a) AB (b) A2 B
(c) AB 3 (d) A3 B

11. The vacant space in the bcc unit cell is


(a) 32% (b) 23%
(c) 26% (d) None of these
12. An element occurring in the bcc structure has 12.08  10 23 unit cells. The total number of
atoms of the element in these cells will be

(a) 24.16  10 23 (b) 36.18  10 23

(c) 6.04  10 23 (d) 12.08  10 23

13. Potassium has a bcc structure with nearest neighbour distance 4.52 Å. Its atomic
weight is 39. Its
density (in kg m ) will be
−3

(a) 454 (b) 804 (c) 852 (d) 908

14. If NaCl is doped with 10 −3


mol % SrCl 2 , then the concentration of cation vacancies will be
(a) 1 10 mol%
−3
(b) 2 10 mol% −3

(c) 3 10 −3 mol% (d) 4 10 −3 mol%

15. Ionic solids, with Schottky defects, contain in their structure


(a) Equal number of cation and anion vacancies
(b) Anion vacancies and interstitial anions
(c) Cation vacancies only
(d) Cation vacancies and interstitial cations

16. When electrons are trapped into the crystal in anion vacancy, the defect is known as
(a) Schotky defect (b) Frenkel defect (c) Stoichiometric defect (d) F-centres

17. What type of crystal defect is indicated in the diagram below


Na + Cl − Na + Cl − Na + Cl −
Cl −  Cl − Na+  Na+

Na+ Cl −  Cl − Na+ Cl −

Cl − Na+ Cl − Na+  Na+

(a) Interstitial defect


(b) Schottky defect
(c) Frenkel defect
(d) Impurity defect.
18. For an ionic crystal of the general formula AX and coordination number 6, the value
of radius ratio will be
(a) Greater than 0.73
(b) In between 0.73 and 0.41
(c) In between 0.41 and 0.22

19. The number of close neighbours in a a bcc cubic lattice


of identical spheres is :
(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
20. 20. Less than 0.22 the following compounds shows
both Frenkel and Schottky defects:
(a) NaCl (b)AgCl
(c)AgBr (d) KCl
21. Which of the following statements are incorrect about about amorphous solids:

(a) They are anisotropic


(b) They are rigid and incompressible
(c) They melt over a wide range of temperature
(d) There is no orderly arrangement of particles.

Assertion and Reason Type Questions:

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) followed by a statement of Reason (R)
is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements and Reason is the correct explanation
for Assertion.
(b) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements but Reason is not the correct
explanation for Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
(d) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.

22 Assertion (A): The total number of atoms present in a


simple cubic unit cell is one.
Reason (R): Simple cubic unit cell has atoms at its comers, each of which is shared between
eight adjacent unit cells.

23. Assertion (A): The octahedral voids have double the size
of the tetrahedral voids in a crystal.
Reason (R): The number of tetrahedral voids are double the number of octahedral voids in a
crystal.

24. Assertion (A): The packing efficiency is maximum for


the fcc structure.
Reason (R): The coordination number is 12 in fcc
structure.

25. Assertion (A): Antiferromagnetic substances on heating


to high temperature become paramagnetic
. Reason (R): On heating randomization of spin occurs

26. Assertion (A): Silicon and Germanium are intrinsic


semiconductors.
Reason (R): Electrons may jump from valence band to
conduction band since the gap between the bands is
small.
27. Assertion: Only anions occupy interstitial position in
Frenkel defect. Reason: Frenkel defect is a
stoichiometric defect.
28. Assertion: Nearest neighbour distance in bcc unit cell is
greater than that of fcc having same edge length.
Reason: bcc has greater packing efficiency than fcc.
29. Assertion: KCl is more likely to show Schottky defect
while Lithium halide shows Frenkel defect.
Reason: Lithium ion is small in size and fits in the
interstitial space.
30. Assertion: Maximum number of particles in a face
centred unit cell is four
Reason: Unit cell is the smallest repeating unit in a space
lattice.

Answers:-
1(d)2 (c)3(a)4(a)5(c)6(b)7(b)8(d)9(c)10(c)11(a)12(a)13(d )14(a)15(a)16(d)17(b)18(19(d)20(c)
21(a) , 22. a; 23 d, 24 a, 25 a; 26a; 27 d; 28 c; 29 a; 30 b

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